Eighty per cent of respondents to a Radio Kerry Kerry Thinks poll are satisfied with the standard of education in the county.

It’s one of the findings of the survey which asked people a range of questions on subjects including housing, health, and crime.

When asked how they rated the standard of education in Kerry from primary to third level, including post-leaving cert courses, 38% said it was good, 31% very good and 11% said it was excellent.

Education was among the topics discussed at today’s special outside broadcast from The Ashe Hotel, Tralee.

Jerry’s panel were:

Cllr Angie Baily, Fine Gael – Tralee Municipal District

Colette O’Connor, CEO of Tralee Chamber Alliance

Dr Breda O’Dwyer, founder and head of CEED (Centre for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development) MTU Kerry Campus

Annie O’Mahony, journalist living in Abbeydorney, originally from Cuba

Mistura Oyebanji from Tralee. Last year, she ran in the local elections for the Social Democrats at the age of 24.

Mark Lynch was at the Kerry Sports Academy last evening where the main sports hall was named in honour of the great broadcaster who died last year at the age of 93.

David O’Sullivan of DC Energy Solutions joins Jerry on the first Friday of the month to answer your home heating and energy conservation questions. The feature is sponsored by Boyles of Killorglin.

That’s according to John Dee who’s been telling Jerry about the local road at Inch West near Listowel.

Paddy Cullen’s name will be forever recalled when the glorious era of Gaelic football of the 1970s is discussed.  He was one of the stars of Kevin Heffernan’s Dublin team of that decade – Kerry’s greatest rivals during that golden time.

John Downing reviews the week in politics.

Cllr Johnny Healy-Rae is adamant that there should be no such housing restrictions.

Deirdre Moore is an employment manager with AHEAD, an organisation which works with and for people with disabilities when it comes to employment and tertiary education, including university. She explained how AHEAD has teamed up with Kerry County Council to offer employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the public sector. For further information: https://www.ahead.ie/laplacements-kerry

Orbitus has announced it will lease prime office space in the town and create jobs across several roles. The location of the new office has not yet been disclosed, but Radio Kerry understands it is in the town centre. Jerry spoke to Tommy Walsh, tax partner with Orbitus.

Legendary GAA broadcaster, the late Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, is to be honoured by Munster Technological University at an event this evening when the main sports hall at the Kerry Sports Academy on the university’s North Campus in Tralee will be named in his honour. spoke to Pat McGarty, senior lecturer in public policy at MTU, and chair of the governing body of MTU, Jimmy Deenihan.